Serena Williams to compete in her first tournament of the year...Wimbledon

coolstanley

Serena Williams will play at Wimbledon after all. The All England Club announced on Tuesday that Williams was awarded a wild-card entry for singles, marking her return to Grand Slam action after a year away.

The owner of a professional-era-record 23 Grand Slam singles trophies will tune up by playing doubles at a smaller grass-court event first, teaming with Ons Jabeur at Eastbourne, England, next week.

Main-draw play at Wimbledon begins on June 27.

Williams has not competed since getting injured during the first set of her first-round match at the All England Club in 2021.

Her name did not appear on the women's singles entry list released by the grass-court Grand Slam tournament earlier this month, but she was among a half-dozen women given a spot in the singles draw on Tuesday, along with five British players

thisistheshow

I know I could Google it , but for the sake of making conversation...
"the professional era"...as someone who doesn't follow tennis closely I am confuse about this. Is it used interchangeably with "the open era".

coolstanley

@thisistheshow said:
I know I could Google it , but for the sake of making conversation...
"the professional era"...as someone who doesn't follow tennis closely I am confuse about this. Is it used interchangeably with "the open era".

I think so. But that's the first time I've seen it written in that context.

thisistheshow

@coolstanley said:

@thisistheshow said:
I know I could Google it , but for the sake of making conversation...
"the professional era"...as someone who doesn't follow tennis closely I am confuse about this. Is it used interchangeably with "the open era".

I think so. But that's the first time I've seen it written in that context.

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Thanks for the reply. I actually looked it up, and just find "the open era" , which is of course when professionals started to play the majors/tournaments as far as I remember. Correct me if I'm wrong, but before that pros played for money, and amateurs played Wimbledon, etc.

craig44

i was starting to wonder if she was unofficially retired. glad she is giving it another go

Tabe

@thisistheshow said:
I know I could Google it , but for the sake of making conversation...
"the professional era"...as someone who doesn't follow tennis closely I am confuse about this. Is it used interchangeably with "the open era".

Yes, it's synonymous with "the open era".

thisistheshow

@Tabe said:

@thisistheshow said:
I know I could Google it , but for the sake of making conversation...
"the professional era"...as someone who doesn't follow tennis closely I am confuse about this. Is it used interchangeably with "the open era".

Yes, it's synonymous with "the open era".

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Thank you